Year: 2003

Microsoft’s Ballmer praises Apple

Posted by | Sep 16, 2003 | |

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer warned yesterday that recent security vulnerabilities represent a “new and growing challenge to innovation” and said that his company is under attack from “thieves, con artists, terrorists and hackers.” His remarks came at speech to the Churchill Club, a gathering in Santa Clara, California, of Silicon Valley businesspeople. Ballmer also mentioned Apple’s position in the marketplace. “Apple is doing some good, innovative work,” he said. In particular, Ballmer cited Apple’s Airport technology.

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WeatherPop updated to version 1.8.5

Posted by | Sep 16, 2003 | |

Glucose today posted WeatherPop & WeatherPop Advance 1.8.5, the latest release of its popular Mac OS X utilities that display current weather conditions in your menu bar. Version 1.8.5 has been comprehensively optimized, resulting in greatly reduced CPU usage and up to 50% faster response time while updating weather information or searching for a location. WeatherPop is freeware and WeatherPop Advance costs US$8.

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Apple debuts new wireless mouse, keyboard

Posted by | Sep 16, 2003 | |

Apple today introduced the Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple Wireless Mouse, new Bluetooth-based peripherals that “provide reliable performance at up to 30 feet and offer secure 128-bit, over-the-air encryption keeping sensitive information safe as it is being typed.” The company says it is the first to deliver Adaptive Frequency Hopping (AFH) software which eliminates interference between Bluetooth devices and other wireless networks and devices, enabling the peripherals to

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